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Chinese Naval Strategy in the 21st Century
Alfred Thayer Mahan has been called America’s nineteenth-century ‘evangelist of sea power’ and the intellectual father of the modern US Navy. His theories have a timeless appeal, and Chinese analysts now routinely invoke Mahan’s writings, exhorting their nation to build a powerful navy. Economics is the prime motivation for maritime reorientation, and securing the sea lanes that convey foreign energy supplies and other commodities now ranks near or at the top of China’s list of military priorities. This book is the first systematic effort to test the interplay between Western military thought and Chinese strategic traditions vis-à-vis the nautical arena. It uncovers some universal...
Naval Strategy and Operations in Narrow Seas
Many books and articles have been written on wars in narrow seas. However, none deals in any comprehensive manner with the problems of strategy and conduct of naval operations. The aim of this book is to explain in some detail the characteristics of a war fought in narrow seas and to compare and contrast strategy and major operations in narrow seas and naval warfare in the open ocean..
Some Principles of Maritime Strategy
In "Some Principles of Maritime Strategy," Julian Stafford Corbett presents a foundational analysis of naval warfare that transcends the tactical to explore the broader strategic implications of maritime power. Written in the early 20th century, Corbett's work is distinguished by its scholarly rigor and a nuanced understanding of the interplay between sea and land power. He advocates for a maritime strategy that emphasizes the importance of sea control, logistics, and the psychological dimensions of naval engagement, positioning maritime strategy as an essential pillar of national policy in an imperial context. Julian Stafford Corbett (1854-1922) was a British naval historian and theorist wh...
Imperialism at Sea
Was Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz' plan for naval expansion and the development of a "risk fleet" as a way to position Wilhelmine Germany as a world power to rival Britain so unique? This comparative study of the modern naval strategy of Germany, Britain, France, and the United States seeks to answer that question. First, Hobson is the only naval scholar to simultaneously compare the "Tirpitz Plan" with plans of the other leading nations of that time. Second, Hobson also interacts with how other scholars have assessed the complex interplay between naval history--both in and outside Germany--maritime law, and naval strategy. Hobson offers a unique interpretation of the causes and objectives of the German Imperial Navy at the end of the nineteenth century, forces that ultimately led to the First World War.
Some Principles of Maritime Strategy
Some Principles of Maritime Strategy by Julian Stafford Corbett is a seminal work that profoundly shapes the understanding of naval strategy and its impact on warfare. First published in 1911, this influential text provides a comprehensive examination of the principles governing maritime operations, emphasizing the crucial role of naval power in achieving national objectives. Corbett's insights are rooted in historical analysis, making the book an essential read for military historians, strategists, and enthusiasts alike. Corbett argues that maritime strategy must be understood within the broader context of national strategy, advocating for a balanced approach that integrates naval operation...
Understanding Naval Warfare
This updated new edition of Understanding Naval Warfare offers the reader an accessible introduction to the study of modern naval warfare, providing a thorough grounding in the vocabulary, concepts, issues and debates, set within the context of relevant history. The third edition explains traditional concepts and explores current and emerging ideas concerning the theory and practice of naval warfare, relating these to recent events including Sino-American naval competition and the Russian-Ukraine War. Navies operate in an environment that most people do not understand and that many avoid. They are equipped with a bewildering range of ships, craft and other vessels and types of equipment, the...
Principles of Maritime Strategy
DIVThis brilliant exposition by a great strategist proposes that the key to maritime dominance lies in effective use of sea lines for communications and in denying that use to the enemy. /div
A Brief Guide to Maritime Strategy
A Brief Guide to Maritime Strategy is a deliberately compact introductory work aimed at junior seafarers, those who make decisions affecting the sea services, and those who educate seafarers and decision-makers. It introduces readers to the main theoretical ideas that shape how statesmen and commanders make and execute maritime strategy in times of peace and war. Following in the spirit of Bernard Brodie's Layman's Guide to Naval Strategy, a World War II-era book whose title makes its purpose plain, it will be a companion volume to such works as Geoffrey Till's Seapower and Wayne Hughes's Fleet Tactics and Coastal Combat, the classic treatise that explains how to handle navies in fleet actions. It takes the mystery out of maritime strategy, which should not be an arcane art for practitioners or policy-makers, and will help the next generation think about strategy.
